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Stealing a glance at the box brethen
30 Jan 2008
The tumult in worldwide financial markets has been a headline-grabber in recent weeks, with shares of listed shipping companies joining in the ebbing tide of “systemic risk”.
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Going, going, gone?
11 Feb 2008
Is the last major listed port group in the UK, Forth Ports, about to be acquired by Babcock & Brown, the same Australian-based infrastructure fund that recently acquired the PD Ports Group? Answer, yes in our view, that is if Forth Ports, the group in question, isn’t snatched at the last minute by another infrastructure fund.
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The UK's coast-dwellers irrepressible urge to pilfer
20 Feb 2008
It is probably not politically correct to say that it was with some amusement that the announcement was noted that parties in the UK endeavouring to carry off beached timber from the stricken Ice Princess would have the full force of the law come down on them.
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Risk, uncertainty and the spectre of a recession
27 Feb 2008
The US ended 2007 with the spectre of a recession hanging over it while Asia and Europe were riding on a high, expecting 2008 to be another year of growth and prosperity. The financial crisis was working its effects on the markets and banks continued to face financial losses.
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Whiplash, what next?
06 Feb 2008
With “Wall Street whiplash” another phrase is coined to sum up the recent snakes and ladders effect taking place on Wall Street and mirrored on other stock exchanges around the world, not least the FTSE.
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